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Bolton Wanderers v Charlton Athletic: LIVE

Already relegated no-hopers against almost as awful no-hopers who could be relegated. This could be dreadul.

Josh Vela scored his second Bolton goal at the weekend, and his first came at Charlton earlier this season
Josh Vela scored his second Bolton goal at the weekend, and his first came at Charlton earlier this season
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Given how awful Bolton Wanderers have been this season it's hard to imagine that another club could be anywhere near as bad. But Bolton's nearest challengers in the dreadfulness stakes make the journey north to the Macron tonight - meaning there might, just might, be a chance of a home victory.

That's right, Charlton Athletic are tonight's opponents and they really have been rubbish this season too. Despite being ten points ahead of Bolton, Charlton are 11 points off safety with only 12 up for grabs - so they're basically already relegated.

Bolton make one change to the side that lost to Middlesbrough with Oscar Threlkeld making his first appearance since his successful loan spell at Plymouth Argyle, replacing the abysmal Dean Moxey with Niall Maher likely to move to left-back. That means 96-year-old Emile Heskey starts a second match in four days. Mental.

Charlton have a load of players I've never heard of, plus the dangerous and promising Ademola Lookman. They're also playing five defenders and three strikers, so I've no idea how that will work out as a starting line-up. But I've had a guess at a 4-4-2. They also name the amusingly named Fanni and Suk-Young among their starting eleven.

Bolton and Charlton played out an entertaining 2-2 draw at The Valley earlier this season, with tonight's opponents racing into an early 2-0 lead before goals from Josh Vela and Emile Heskey saw us earn a draw. In reality it was a game that Bolton should have won, but they remain winless against Charlton in six matches.

Only Bolton (17) have lost more away games than Charlton in the Championship this season (14), and they are the league's lowest scorers on their travels - with just 15 compared to Bolton's 16. However, Bolton have conceded 18 goals in their last six matches and haven't kept a clean sheet in 2016, while Charlton have conceded 31 in their last 12 away games. So something has to give tonight.

Here are tonight's starting line-ups. Stay in touch with all the action from the Macron and let us know your thoughts on all things Wanderers related in the Comments section below.

Bolton Wanderers
GK Ben Amos
RB Oscar Threlkeld
CB David Wheater
CB Rob Holding
LB Niall Maher
DM Derik Osede
CM Darren Pratley
CM Josh Vela
RW Mark Davies
LW Zach Clough
CF Emile Heskey
SUBSTITUTES
Kaiyne Woolery
Tom Walker
Lawrie Wilson
Stephen Dobbie
Neil Danns
Paul Rachubka & Dean Moxey

Charlton Athletic
GK Nick Pope
RB Rod Fanni
CB Marco Motta
CB Jorge Teixeira
LB Harry Lennon
RM Ademola Lookman
CM Jordan Cousins
CM Johnnie Jackson
LM Yun Suk-Young
CF Igor Vetokele
CF Simon Makienok
SUBSTITUTES
Morgan Fox
Zakarya Bergdich
Alou Diarra
El-Hadji Ba
Callum Harriot, 'Mitov' & 'Kashi'